Questions of Taste The Philosophy of Wine

Name: Questions of Taste The Philosophy of Wine
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ISBN: 9780195384598

ISBN-10: 0195384598

ISBN-13: 9780195384598

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Authors: Barry C. Smith

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Interest in wine has steadily increased in recent years, with people far more sophisticated about wine than they used to be. And, inevitably, those who take a serious interest in wine find themselves asking questions about it that are at heart philosophical. Questions of Taste is the first book to tackle these questions, illuminating the philosophical issues surrounding our love of wine. Featuring lucid essays by top philosophers, a linguist, a biochemist, and a winemaker and wine critic, this book applies their critical and analytical skills to answer--or at least understand--many thorny questions. Does the experience of wine lie in the glass or in our minds? Does the elaborate language we…

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List price: $19.99
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/11/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.20" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Ernest Lepore is an Associate Director of the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Barry C. SMith is a member of the School of Philosophy at Birkbeck College at the University of London.



Forward


Acknowledgements


Introduction



The Philosophy of Wine



Knowledge, Wine and Taste



The Objectivity of Tastes and Tasting



Wine and the Brain



The Power of Tastes



Can Wines Be Brawny?



Wine as an Aesthetic Object



On the Evaluation of Wine Quality



Wine Epistemology



The Art and Craft of Wine


Index